By James Hague, Senior Lecturer (in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics and Biophysics), The Open University
One day, lab-grown tissue could give us new livers, help rebuild tissues damaged in accidents and enable personalised treatments for cancers.
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By Aimee Grant, Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow, Swansea University
For decades, a jigsaw puzzle piece has been used to symbolise autism across the world. It has been used for charity logos and awareness ribbons, and even tattooed on to the bodies of well-meaning parents.
But for many autistic adults, the puzzle piece isn’t just outdated – it’s offensive. Some consider it a hate…
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By Andie Riches, PhD Candidate, School of Psychology, Sport and Sensory Science, Anglia Ruskin University
Mathew Dowling, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Sport Management, Loughborough University
They might be rowing the same course now but things still aren’t equal for women rowers at the boat race
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By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor
You have to marvel at Donald Trump’s prescience. After his announcement of America’s new tariffs regime on April 2, “liberation day”, the stock markets plummeted, causing faint hearts around the world to quail. Nerves fluttered particularly hard when bond yields started to rise rapidly this week, suggesting a growing lack of confidence in US 30-year debt – traditionally the gold standard for security.
“I don’t want anything to go down,” Trump told a reporter at the weekend. “But sometimes, you have to take medicine to fix something.”
The US president remained bullish on…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image People attend a rally in Union Square supporting transgender youth, New York City, US, February 8, 2025. © 2025 Spencer Platt/Getty Images In his proclamation for National Child Abuse Prevention Month, rather than addressing real threats to children like the federal government should do, United States President Donald J. Trump focused almost exclusively on attacking supporters of transgender youth. He declared broadly defined “gender ideology” as “one of the most prevalent forms of child abuse” and labeled gender-affirming care as “evil”.Gender-affirming…
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By Amnesty International
Reacting to the sentencing by the Ivorian courts on 8 April of a unionist to two years’ imprisonment for “coalition of public officials” and “obstructing the operation of the public service”, Marceau Sivieude, Amnesty International’s Interim Regional Director for West and Central Africa, said: “Amnesty International calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Ghislain […] The post Côte d’Ivoire: A unionist sentenced to two years imprisonment must be released and the right to strike guaranteed for everyone in the country appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Responding to the release of Ahmad Manasra, a Palestinian arrested at the age of 13, from Israeli prison after nine and a half years imprisonment, Heba Morayef, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa said: “Ahmad Manasra’s release today is a huge relief for him and for his family, but nothing […] The post Israel/OPT: Long overdue release of Ahmad Manasra marks the start of a long and difficult path to recovery appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Justin Willis, Professor of History, Durham University
Conflicts that have riven Sudan for decades have prompted some observers to predict the country will fall apart. But signs of popular resilience are emerging.
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By Naomi Ruth Pendle, Lecturer in International Development, University of Bath
The day of Donald Trump’s second inauguration, his incoming administration abruptly paused the work of USAID, while also claiming that it would preserve USAID’s “lifesaving and strategic aid programming”. These dramatic, overnight cuts were an unprecedented – and deadly – experiment in relation to aid spending which will have a catastrophic effect on the lives of those who depended on it.
The sudden suspension of USAID is set to make the famine in Sudan the deadliest for…
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By Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
The Coalition reveals plans to review Australia’s 2030 emissions reduction target if they win government at the next federal election.
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